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CHEMCATCHEM
Volume 10, Issue 17, Pages 3689-3693Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201800486
Keywords
Phenol; Amination; Cyclohexylamine; Rhodium; Reduction
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- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO)
- IWT
- FWO
- Flemish government
- EoS (FWO-FNRS)
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Cyclohexylamines are important intermediates in chemical industry, which are currently produced from petrochemical sources. Phenols, however, are an attractive sustainable feedstock. We here demonstrate the transformation of phenols with ammonia to primary cyclohexylamines. In contrast to previously reported chemistry which used palladium catalysts, we here show that rhodium is an excellent catalyst for the formation of primary cyclohexylamines. Different parameters were studied and it was shown that the reaction is applicable to a scope of phenolic compounds providing high selectivity.
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